Emily Dickinson Lexicon

O-VER-BEAR-ING-LY, ads.

Haughtily; dogmatically.

O-VER-BEND', v.t.

To bend or stretch to excess. Donne.

O-VER-BID, v.t.

1. To bid or offer beyond.
2. To bid or offer more than an equivalent.

O-VER-BLAST, v.t.

To furnish with a mast or with masts that are too long or too heavy for the weight of keel.

O-VER-BLOW, v.i.

1. To blow with too much violence; a seaman's phrase.
2. To blow over, or be past its violence. [Not used.]

O-VER-BLOW, v.t.

To blow away; to dissipate by wind. Waller.

O-VER-BLOWN, pp.

Blown by and gone; blown away; driven by; past. Dryden. And when this cloud of sorrows overblown. Waller.

OVER-BOARD, adv. [over and Fr. bord, side.]

Literally, over the side of a ship; hence, out of a ship or from on board; as, to fall overboard; which of course is to fall into the water. Mar. Dict.

O-VER-BROW', v.t.

To hang over. Collins.

O-VER-BUILT, pp. overbilt'.

Built over. Milton.

O-VER-BULK', v.t.

To oppress by bulk. [Not used.] Shak.

O-VER-BUR'DEN, v.t.

To load with too great weight. Sidney.

O-VER-BUR'DEN-ED, pp.

Overloaded.

O-VER-BUR'DEN-ING, ppr.

Overloading.

O-VER-BURN', v.t.

To burn too much. Mortimer.

O-VERBU-SY, a. overbiz'zy.

Too busy; officious. Decay of Piety.

O-VER-BUY', v.t.

To buy at too dear a rate. Dryden.

O-VER-CAN'O-PY, v.t.

To cover as with a canopy. Shak.

O-VER-CARE, n.

Excessive care or anxiety. Dryden.

O-VER-CARE-FULL, a.

Careful to excess.

O-VER-CAR'RI-ED, pp.

Carried too far.

O-VER-CAR'RY, v.t.

To carry too far; to carry or urge beyond the proper point. Hayward.

OVER-CAST, pp.

Clouded; overspread with clouds or gloom. The dawn is overcast. Addison. Our days of age are sad and overcast. Ralegh.

O-VER-CAST, v.t.

1. To cloud; to darken; to cover with gloom. Thc clouds that overcast our morn shall fly. Dryden.
2. To cast or compute at too high a rate; to rate too high. The king in his account of peace and calms did much overcast his fortunes. Bacon.
3. To sew over.

O-VER-CASTING, ppr.

Overspreading with clouds or gloom.